Chair or seat



H. J. BARRETT.

CHAIR 0R SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.3|. 1921.

L419,06, PatentedJune 6, 1922.

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PATENT, OFFICE.

HOLLIS J. BARRETT, OF LA GRANGE, TLLINOIS.

CHAIR OR SEAT.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, Ho msJ. BARRETT a citizen of the United States,residin at a Grange, in the county of Cook and arranged to be spacedaway from the normal back of the chair to permit circulation of air andventilation,-especially useful when in driving an automobile in hotweather, and: for protecting easilyv soiled wearing apparel of theoccupant of the chair.

Another object is to provide a device of the character described that islight, durable and inexpensive.

Other, further and more specific objects of the invention will becomereadily apparent, to persons sln'll'ed in the art from a considerationof the following description when taken in conjunction with thedrawings, wherein v v Fig. 1 shows in elevation a drivers seat 'or chairof an automobile with the auxiliary separable backrest in place therein.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fi 1.

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In all the views the same reference charactors are employed to indicatesimilar parts. I In the structure shown 5 is the upholstered seat of-anautomobile and fixed thereto is the normal back 6. The distance betweenthe front surface of the backand the front of the seat is longer than inchairs of the I usual type. In driving automobiles it is I necessarythatthe -driver should use his feet in controll' jets m of the pedals;there fore persons aving relatively short nether extremities-orlimbsfind it very diificult for v themto reachxthe pedals and rest theirbacks I Specification of Letters ratent.

tate of 5 Illinois, hav'einvented certain new and usea reticulateresiliig. 3 is an enlarged fragment of ads Patented June 6,1922.'

Application filed August 31, 1921. Serial No. 497,259.

against the normal back of the seat; and,

for this reason, the separable backrest 7 'is provided to serve as meansfor extending the back rest of the chair forwardly and effectuatlllyshortening the length of the normal sea The rest 7 provides twospaced-apartve-r tical frame supports 8- and 9 having curved portions 10fit into the curvature of the upholstered portion 11 of the chair back.The frame supports 8 and-9 are wider'near their bottom ends and containopenings 12 through which air may pass and they are elongated'to apoint, asat 13, to enter the space between the normal back and seat ofthe chair, thereby to hold the rest more securely in place. 7

To be frame supporting members 8 and 9 is secured a rectangular frame 14having a reticulate fabric stretched across it more or less yielding,and of suitable mesh, included between the members of the frame 14 andserving as the rest for the back of the occu hind the back of theoccupant of the chair,

and contributing largely to the comfort of the occupant by the coolingefi'ect produced by the circulation of air. The back fabric 15 may bemade of rattan, or the like, and bein more or less resilient, serves asa very com ortable support for the back of the occupant.

Around the edge of the auxiliary removable baok rest a strip of felt orthe like may be secured, so that contact of the removable structure willnot in'ure ordisfigure the seat in which it is placed.

While I have herein shown a single embodiment of my invention for thepurpose of clear disclosure, it'will be manifest, to persons skilled inthe art, that considerable variation in the configuration and arran mentof the parts may be made within t e soo of the appended claim. v

ving described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

In a device of the character described the combination of two parallelvertical side members each having a curved back surface 1 and arelatively wider base extending rearwardly at an acute angle to enterthe space between the back and seat of an upholstered chair and eachhaving an opening through the base portion for ventilation; arectangular frame, the vertical portions of which are secured to theside members; a reticulate HOLLIS J. BARRETT.

